Listen to this: New singles from Ariana Grande and Zayn Malik

By Nicholas Jennings

March 12, 2016

Many of today’s biggest pop stars started out as teen idols.
From his days as a 12-year-old Mouseketeer through his teenage years as a member of the superstar boy band
’NSync,
Justin Timberlake experienced fame even before he learned to shave. Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera also both sported mouse ears at one time
on Walt Disney's TV production of
TheMickey Mouse Club. More recently, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande all launched their careers as teens on either Disney or
Nickelodeon and now work hard to project more adult images. The same is true
of
Zayn Malik, who left One Direction last year and is already convincing fans
that he’s all grown up from his boy-band days. The “Pillowtalk” singer, who is going by “Zayn” now, and Ariana have new singles out this week with decidedly more
mature themes.

Ariana Grande: “Dangerous Woman”Striking a similar sound to The Weeknd’s Oscar-nominated “Earned It,” Ariana hits a sultry vibe on the mid-tempo title track from her forthcoming album.
“Somethin’ ’bout you makes me wanna do things that I shouldn’t,” goes the
song’s refrain. Explains the “Love Me Harder” singer: “I want to be empowering
my fans. To me, a dangerous woman is someone who’s not afraid to take a stand,
be herself and to be honest.”

Not sure how “dangerous” it is, but new photos of Ariana show
her looking seductively sweet in her patent leather bunny mask.

Zayn: “Like I Would”After a slow-burning intro, Zayn cranks up an infectious
club-worthy dance number in which he boasts that his ex’s new boyfriend won’t
measure up to him. “He won’t touch you like I do, won’t love you like I would,”
Zayn croons, “he don’t know your body, he don’t do you right.”

How autobiographical is the song? Zayn essentially admitted
via Twitter that the object of his desires is none other than
Gigi Hadad who
is, yes, his ex-girlfriend.

Hello!
music columnist Nicholas Jennings surveys the pop
landscape each week to find the most dynamic tracks to add to your playlist.

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